New Delhi, April 18 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday chaired a meeting on the rejuvenation of Yamuna with Union home minster Amit Shah, union minister for Jal Shakti CR Patil, Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta and senior officials at his residence 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, officials said.

They said measures such as public participation in cleaning the river, use of real-time data and space technology to track drain flows and regular assessment of the performance of sewage treatment plants were discussed during the meeting.

A clean Yamuna was one of the top pre-poll promises by the BJP and was a hot button issue during the campaign for the last assembly elections in the national Capital.P3

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